... that we've been married for a year? ♥♥♥

♥ Happy Anniversary to us!!!!! ♥

I can't believe it's been a year already!  Matt surprised me with a rose after work last night,
"One rose for one year"

Then I came out to the kitchen to find the rest of the bouquet!!!

Love that man!

Dinner at Cheesecake Factory was perfect

(Probably should have taken a picture of us together... Whoops.)

Here's to the rest of our lives together!
I love being married and I LOVE my wonderful husband!!!!!

... that I HATE UTAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

The pipes froze in our house last night.  AGAIN.  Second time in 2 weeks.

I hate Utah.

... that we can't get enough of those Williams?

Of course we had to stop by and visit the Williams on the way home too.  But this time, we met them in Cedar City at their family's cabin!  This place is GORGEOUS.   The cabin is amazing, the snow was beautiful, and there is nothing to do but relax and have fun!!!  We managed to have a little bit of fun in between all of our napping:





Marshall LOVED the sleds!

Harrison was a little wary at first, then he couldn't get enough!

Things I love about this pic:
1: Marshall covering his eyes.
2: Harrison sticking his tongue out to eat snow off of his scarf.
3. Kim's face.
4. Renee's face.
Hahahahahahahahaha!

Matt and Lance took a few runs on their snowboards:

And apparently the Kids didn't get enough naps inside, so they took one in the snow too.

It was a beautiful day!  We were sledding on a great hill right outside the cabin door, and it was perfect.  See, I like the snow sometimes!!!







Byron even let Matt and I drive the snow mobiles around a little bit!

 So fun.  And we only almost hit one tree.  And it wasn't even when I was driving.  Promise.

We were lucky enough to be with the Williams for our second New Year's Eve in a row!!!  And it was quite the party!  We made homemade turnovers:


And played several rousing games of Family Business, Blurt, and Five Crowns (which I won, NBD).

We stayed up till 1:00 watching the New Year's Eve broadcast from Vegas, cause that was the only one we could find on TV.  We drank Martinelli's, ate popcorn, and Renee ate candy after a year hiatus.

The only bad thing was IT WAS SO STINKIN COLD!  Seriously, we took off our snow gear and left it in the basement and the next day the snow was still on there.  Not even melted.  That's how cold it was INSIDE the house.  But we were all upstairs most of the time where it was nice and toasty, so we didn't really mind.

What I DID mind though, was our water pipes freezing at our house when we got home!  Woke up Thursday morning with no water.  And let me tell you, this OCD California girl was NOT happy.  You're telling me it is so cold outside that I can't wash my hands?????  Atrocious.

Lucky for us, it was a simple problem.  Matt unfroze a short section of pipe hooked up to a hose outside with a hair dryer and a heated rice bag, and we were back in business in a few hours.  Unfortunately for me, I had already gone to work by that time, withOUT a shower, and I was looking uuuber sexy.  Thankfully, Kelly had done my hair while I was home and a lot of people told me that it looked pretty even though it hadn't been washed for two days, so my self esteem wasn't totally ruined.

I love the Williams and sledding and New Year's, but not the freezing cold!!!

... that I don't want a White Christmas?

I love Christmas in California!!!  Here's a breakdown of our week in the Golden State:

The Hat for Jeremy's Birthday:

With a little ice skating at The Lakes in Thousand Oaks afterward:




Les Miserables on Christmas Eve:
LOVED IT!!!!!

Helped Cait sew spikes and lengthen the legs on Jake's Christmas present:

Which lead to the creation of the Footie Club:


Wrapped Presents:

Had our traditional Chinese Christmas Dinner (with some not-so-traditional additions to the menu):

Fried rice, lumpia, Chinese chicken salad, pan fried noodles

Apricot chicken, potstickers, stir-fried veggies, and di pong (soy sauce roasted pork shoulder)

DELICIOUS!

Went to the Four Seasons Spa for our Christmas massages:

Babysat the Babies:

Cleaned up after the Babies:

Helped Grampus with his back exercises:

Introduced Matt to (the non-coffee side of) Coffee Bean ♥ :


Dinner at Cadario in Santa Barbara ♥ :

And of course, multiple other dinners with all of our friends and family.

I love California Christmas!

... that I'll be home for Christmas?

We got to go home to California for Christmas this year!!!  Which means... ROADTRIP!

We decided to break up the trip, so we drove to Vegas to spend a few days with the Williams.  And lucky for us, the Nuttalls decided to come down too!  AND they brought Renee with them!  It was a real party!  We started the fun with a trip to Grimaldi's for lunch:

Then hopped next door for a quick custard at Nielsen's.  Delicious!!!

After we all had a good nap, it was time to open presents!  Harrison and Marshall LOVED their dinosaur sweatshirts!!!



I am also making sweatshirts for Asher and Ollie.  How else are we supposed to keep our status as favorite aunt and uncle??  I also made some hair clips for Mira:

And I managed only one second-degree burn in the process, so that was good.

After presents, we all went out to tour the Cactus Gardens.  It's this cute little garden with a chocolate factory on the premises... don't ask me why those two things go together.  But they passed out free samples and had lots of Christmas lights, so it was pretty fun for the kids.

Harrison loved his dinosaur sweatshirt so much, he insisted on wearing his coat backwards with the zipper open so that people could see the spikes.  So cute!!!

We all went to church the next morning, and on the way there I got a text from Kaari:  SHE WAS HAVING HER BABY!!!!!!!!!  I immediately regretted leaving Utah!  But she did great, and they probably didn't even want me there anyway.  They got a few days with sweet baby Georgia all to themselves!

Isn't she beautiful???

After church, Matt and I packed up and were off to California!!!!!

I love going home for Christmas!!!

... that I am a Christmas Elf?

Hi, my name is Krissy and I am addicted to Pinterest.

Seriously, how did I not know that this existed for so long???  I am also ashamed to admit that the only reason that I started a Pinterest account is because I saw someone post a Pinterest recipe for snickerdoodle brownies on Facebook and I became instantly obsessed with finding it because I'm pretty sure that when I make it someday, I will never be sad again.

I was browsing Pinterest a few months ago when I found this:

http://diyingtobedomestic.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/dinosaur-hoodie/

And I immediately knew that I wanted to make them for Cutter and Fin for Christmas!  SO ADORABLE!!!  It was really quite easy!  The hardest part was actually finding the sweatshirts!  Here's how you do it:

Cut a bunch of diamonds out of felt and sew them down the middle of the back of the sweatshirt:

Hint: I did this both with pull overs and zip up sweatshirts.  It is MUCH easier to sew down the back of a zip up hoodie :/

Then just sew the two halves of the diamonds together...

And voila!  Adorable!!!!

They turned out so cute!!!  And really cheap too!  I was so excited for the kids to see them at Christmas!!!!  Matt and I decided that we should make them for his nephews too, so all in all I am making 6!

I love presents and sewing and Pinterest!!!